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Do you know what possibly could
be the place polluted most or under the possibility of
getting polluted?
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You don’t need take the trouble of
guessing. It is without the Garage where you park your
car. Why? It is simple because cars exhaust emit pollutants,
fumes and odours .Car exhaust contains many kinds of
gases and chemicals, including car bon monoxide, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates such as dust,
dirt, soot and smoke. On the chemical front, gas can
contain benzene, cadmium, chlorine, formaldehyde, toluene,
xylene and additives such as MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl
ether), which is a suspected carcinogen.
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It is because
the car has chemicals and highly inflammable substances
in it.
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First requirement that you must meet is maintaining
your car well. Ill maintained vehicles cause more air
pollution. You must ensure that nothing leaks from car
particularly fuel.
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The second is how you maintain your
garage matters. It should be always kept clean . The
garage should have proper ventilation. If it is not safe
from the safety point of view it should be fitted with
exhaust fan matching the need.
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You must always switch
on the exhaust fan and then enter the garage. In other
words you must keep the switch of the garage exhaust
fan inside your home. You must allow it to run for a
couple of minutes and then enter.
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You can do portico
parking depending on the weather of your town and safety
of the vehicle.
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You can have the garage with roof minus
walls around it
Still better idea to have it detached
which will be aloof of your home.
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You must start the
car after opening the garage gate. But you should not
start the car and allow it to warm up inside the garage.
Start , take it out and the warming up can take place
outside.
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Don’t keep fuel stock in petrol cans and it
can turn out to be some thing very bad. • When you replace
car parts , properly dispose off the old parts and don’t
keep them inside the garage.
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If you have a driver,
don’t allow him to sleep inside the garage.
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Don’t try
to decorate your garage. It is waste of money and some
of them may become a source of problem in case of fire.
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If there is oil spill take utmost care. Ensure that
it does not finds its way to your drinking water source.
You wash properly the floor using some natural cleaning
materials .
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Never convert the garage as your children
play area.
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Don’t make your garage a lumber room / dumping
yard of unwanted things. Don’t even convert it as your
additional store room. There can be fusion between your
automobile products and general products.
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Have the
door leading from your home to the garage properly sealed
to prevent poisonous automobile polluted air entering
your home.